Stove hinge



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Patented July 22, E924.

UNHTED STATES PATENT ()FHCE.

HENRY LANGE, 0F QU II\TGY,.ILLINOIS.

I strove HINGE.

Application filed January 21, 1924. Serial No. 687,606.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Lanes, a citihave invented certain new and useful 1111- provements in Stove Hinges, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to hinges for stove doors, and aims to provide novel and improved hinges of that kind, whereby the construction is neat and plain in appearance, and also eliminates obstructions on the exterior of the stove which are notonly unsightly but which also catch dirt and become unsanitary.

Another object of the invention is the provision of such a hinge construction wherein the portions of the hinges which are ex posed to view are integral with the wall of the stove, to enhance neatness and avoid separate pieces or obstructions fastened to the wall on the exterior. I

A further object is the provision of such a construction wherein one hinge pintle of the door is seated against the stove wall or door frame from the inside, in assembling the door with the wall or frame, with the retaining member for said pintle at the inside of said wall or frame and concealed from view.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a spring for the hinge which is also concealed from view behind the stove wall or door frame.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a hinge construction of the character indicated which is simple and economical in construction and manufacture.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be niadewithin the scope of what'is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the outer side of a stove wall having two doors, such as used in a coal or gas stove or range. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of said wall and doors showing the inner or back.

surfaces thereof. v

Fig. 3 n. view similar to Fig. 2, with a portionof the retainer plate broken away to", expose the corresponding hinge pintle and spring of one door.

Fig. lis-a horizontal section on the line 4+4 of Fig.

Fig. '5 is a vertical section on the line 5 -5 of Fig. 2 with the corresponding door swung open.

The numeral 10 designates the front or side wall of a stove. or range, which is usually of cast metal, and which, as shown,

has the two door openings 11 for which the doors 12 are provided. The doors 12 are preferably flush with the outer surface of the wall 10 when the doors are closed, and the doors open outwardly as usual.

The hinge mounting for each door is the same, and the only connection between the two doors resides in the use of a common retainer plate 13, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

llilach door 12 is provided with the hinge pintles 1dand 15 at the corresponding lower and upper corners of the door at one vertical edge of the door, and said pintles are shown as being located at the 'left hand edges of the doors, although they can be at the right hand edges, for either left hand or right hand doors. The pintles 14 are offset from the corresponding vertical edge of the door in the plane of the door, as shown, and the lower pintle lat extends downwardly while the upper pintle 15 extends upwardly to engage the hinge portions of the wall or frame.

The wall or frame 10 is formed at the corresponding lower corner of each door opening 11 with an outwardly bulged por tion 16 having an aperture 17 in the top thereof for receiving the pintle 14- when moving the pintle downwardly into said aperture, thereby providing the hinge connection between the lower corner of the door and the wall or frame.

The wall or frame 10 is provided at the corresponding upper corners of the door openings 11 with outwardly bulged portions 18 for the engagement of the upper pintles 15, but such pintles 15, instead of being inserted longitudinally into engagement with the portions 18, similar to theengagementof the pintles 14 with the portions '16, are

moved transversely from behind sail portlons 18 into engagement with said portions, The bottoms of the port1ons'18 have notches 19 in which the pintles15 seat behindor .move throng at the inner side of the wall or frame 10, and the wall is open, as at 20, in rear of each bulged hinge portion 18, for the passage of the pintle and corresponding upper corner portion of the door.

Each door can be readily assembled with i 7 the-reef vertical, the pintle. 15 and corre sponding corner portion of the door can h the opening to seat the pintle 15 in the notch 19 of the hinge portion '18, andfthe door can then be swung The hinge pintles 15 of the doors are thus. seated against the portions 13 of the wall or frame 10 from the inner or rear side, and from the exterior the pintles 15 have the appearance of being inserted in apertures of the portions 18 similar to the insertion of the pintles 14 into the portions 16. The only portions of the hinges showing on the exterior are the butt ends of the pintles 14 and 15 and the bulged portions 16 and 18 of the wall or frame 10. This pro-" vides a neat and plain appearance, without objectionable obstructions in or on which dirt will lodge or accumulate, and dust settling on the portions 16 and 18 can be readily, brushed or wiped off.

The retainer plate or strip 13 extends along the upper edge portion of the wall 10 across bothpintles 15, a single plate thus being used for both hinges, and said plate 13 is secured to the wall 10 by bolts 21 or other suitable securing'elements. -Said'plate. closes the openings 20, being formed to lit the wall '10 and in the openings'QO behind the pintles 15, and the portions 22 of the plate 13 which lit in the openings 20 form a 7 part of the flanges or stops 23 surrounding the openings 11, against which the doors 1:2

bear when closed This will prevent a broken appearance of the edges of the door openings where the openings 20 occur.

The pintles 15 have lugs 24: seating on the bottoms of the portions 18, to support or suspend the doors for free swinging motion, with the lower edges of the doors spaced above the portions of the wall 10 under said doors when the doors are closed.

The lower ed es of the doors therefore. do

not seat on the wall or frame 10 when the doors are closed, and when the pintles 15 are moved into the portions 18, the lugs M are brought over the bottoms of said portions 18 v to thereby support or suspend the doors from the upper pintles 15.

Springs are provided for the doors, and, as shown, leaf sprmgs 25 are used, being tions 18, and said springs extend across and bear against the pintles 15. Said pintles have the cams 27, opposite to the lugs 2 1, so that when the doors are opened, the cams 37 will force the springs 25 inwardly, and if the doors are only slightly opened, the springs exerting pressure against the cams 27, will swing the doors closed. However, by swinging the doors fully open, or at right angles with the wall 10, the cams 27 are brought to substantially right angles with the springs 25, so that the doors will remain open, the springs in engaging frictionally' under pressure with the cams 27 serving to prevent accidental swinging movement of the doors from such open position. The plate 13 has openings 28 behind the springs 25 to permit the springs to flex rearwardly or inwardly.

The present hinge construction presents no broken lines or surfaces at the exterior, where exposed to view, and the surfacesof the structure at the hinges are smooth and plain, so as not only to be neat and attractive "in appearance, but to also prevent the accumulation of dirt. The wall or frame 10 also has a solid appearance.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is I 1. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a hinge portion and an opening behind said hinge portion, an outwardly opening door at-the outer side of said wall having a pintle inserted from the inner side of said wall outwardly through said opening into said hinge portion, and means for retaining said pintle in said hinge portion.

2. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a door opening, a hinge portion, and an opening extending from behind said portion to the door opening, and an outwardly opening door for said wall to close the door opening and having a pintle moved outwardly from the inner side of said wall through the second named opening and seated outwardly in said hinge portion.

3. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a door opening, a hinge portion, and an opening extending from behind said portion to the door opening, an outwardly opening door for said wall to close the door opening and having comprising a wall having an outwardly bulged hinge portion formed with an inwardly opening notch, said wall having an opening behind said portion, and an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle moved outwardly from the inner side of said wall through said opening and seated outwardly in said notch.

5. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a door opening and an outwardly bulged hinged portion formed with a rearwardly opening notch, said wall having an opening extending from behind said portion to the door opening, an

outwardly opening door for said wallhav- J ing a pintle moved outwardly from the inner side of said wall through the secondnamed opening and seated outwardly in said notch, and means for retaining said pintle in said notch.

6. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a hinge portion, an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle seated in said portion from the inner side of the wall and extending behind said portion, and a retainer me1nber secured to said wall behind said portion and pintle.

7-, A structure of the character described comprising a wall having an outwardly bulged hinge portion formed with a notch, an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle seated in said notch from the inner side of said wall and extending behind said portion, the wall having an opening behind said portion for the passage of said pintle into and out of the notch, and a retainer plate secured to said wall behind said portion and having a portion fitting in and normally closing said opening.

8. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a hinge portion, an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle seated in said portion from the inner side of the wall and extending behind said portion, a retainer member secured to said wall behind said portion, and a spring secured between said wall and member and bearing against said pintle.

9. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having an outwardly bulged hinged portion formed with a notch, an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle seated in said notch from the inner side of said wall and extending behind said portion, a retainer plate secured to said wall behind said portion, and a leaf spring secured between said wall and bearing against said pintle, the pintle having a cam for bending the spring inwardly when the door is opened.

10. A structure of the character described comprising a wall and an outwardly opening door for said wall, said wall having hinge portions and the door having opcorresponding positely extending pintles engaging said portions and extending behind same, one of said pintles having, a lug engaging the portion to suspend thedoor from said lug.

11. 'A structure of the character described comprising a wall having outwardly bulged hinge portions, and a door for said wall having oppositely extending pintles engag ing 1n and extending behind said POI'tlOnS,

one pintle having a lug within the corresponding portion and seating on said portion to suspend the door from said lug.

12. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having hinge portions, and an outwardly swinging door for said wall having pintles, one inserted lengthwise into one of said hinge portions and the other seatedtransversely from the inner side of said wall in the other hinge portion behind said portion, the second-named pintle having a lug to seat on the second named hinge portion for suspending the door from said lug.

18. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having outwardly bulged hinge portions, one of said portions having an aperture and the other having a notch at the inner side of said wall, and an outwardly swinging door for said wall having pintles, one inserted longitudinally into sald aperture and the other seated from the inner side of said wall in said notch, the last named pintle having a lug seating from the corresponding hinge portion within said portion above said notch for suspending the door from said lug.

14. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having lower and upper hinge portions, a door opening outwardly and having a lower downwardly extending pintle and an upper upwardly extending pintle, the lower pintle pivotally engaging the lower hinge portion, the upper hinge portion having a rear notch and the upper pintle being seated in said notch from the inner side of said wall, the upper pintle having a lug seating in the upper hinge portion to suspend the door from said lug, and means carried by said wall in rear of the upper pintle to hold it seated in said notch.

15. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having lower and upper hinge portions, a door opening outwardly and having a lower downwardly extending pintle and an upper upwardly extending pintle, the lower pintle pivotally engaging the lower hinge portion, the upper hinge portion having a rear notch and the upper pintle being seated in said notch from the inner side of said wall, the upper pintle having a lug seating in the upper hinge portion to suspend the door from said lug, and a leaf spring secured to said wall and extending behind the upper pintle, said upper pintle having a cam to bend the spring inwardly when the door is opened.

I 16. A structure of the character described comprising a wall having lower and upper hinge portions, a door opening outwardly and havinga lower downwardly extending pintle and an upper upwardly extending pintle, the lower pintle pivotally engaging the lower hinge portion, the upper hinge portion having a rear notch and the upper pintle being seated in said notch from the inner side of said wall, the upper pintle having a lug seating in the upper hinge portion to suspend the door from said lug, the wall having an opening in rear of said upper portion for the passage of the upper pintle, a retainer plate secured to said wall behind said upper portion and having a portion disposed in and normally closing said opening, and a leaf spring secured between said wall and plate and extending behind the upper pintle, said upper pintle having a cam ifor bending the spring inwardly when he doo sp n d. r

17 A structure of the character described comprising a wall having a hinge portion and an opening behind'said hinge portion, an outwardly opening door for said wall having a pintle seated in said portion from the inner side of said wall and extending behind said portion, and a retainer plate secured to said wall behind said portion and having a portion disposed in and normally closing said opening,

In testimony whereof hereunto ailix my signature.

* HEN RY LANGE. 

